Supersprint Round 3 at SMP Druitt

01 July 2016 / Words by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Rob Wilkins

Round 3 of the CAMS NSW Supersprint Championship was held on the Druitt (North) circuit at Sydney Motorsport Park on Sunday 19 June.

Winter has definitely arrived and we were not particularly looking forward to a cold and wet day at the track. It was dry for registration, scrutineering and briefing, and drivers were nervously studying BOM radar maps on their mobiles. The first group managed to get a dry run before the rain arrived, and then it stayed wet for the entire day. Most drivers didn't get a dry lap and the times suffered. That didn't stop most drivers from getting out there and having some fun ... including ARDC's Warwick Morris in a Lamborghini Gallardo - he ran all day!

Steph Katz and the other girls from the Ladies Motorsport Development Program were there to graduate via participation in a supersprint round. The wet conditions provided a huge challenge for them!

Marty Voormeulen wasn't put off by the bad weather and ran all day without a roof - with occasional help from an umbrella while waiting on the marshalling grid. A big shout out too for Rob Wilkins who spent most of the day out in the weather taking photos of the cars on track - love your enthusiasm Rob!

Phil Abraham blew up the gearbox in his Vortx Clubman - I swear that car must be haunted as he's had no end of trouble with it. Fellow Novacastrian Scott McGarry's woes continued - this time his differential lunched itself after the sump plug fell out and ran dry of oil. Phil and Scott shared their tales of woe on the ride back to Newcastle.

Russ Maxwell was our quickest driver (1:18.429, 1st in SVC) as he was elevated to Group 2 and had the first drops of the rain. There were class podiums for Bryan Shedden 2nd in 1B (1:37.600), Scott McGarry 1st in 2A (1:30.890), Jason Russell 2nd in 2A (1:38.197), Luke Kovacic 1st in 2C and outdriving the Porsches(1:25.070), Chris White 1st in 4B (1:25.076), Ed Cory 2nd in 4B (1:34.978), and Marty Voormeulen 3rd in 4B (1:44.653). The team of 13 drivers scored a total of 299 points in the Club Championship bringing our tally to 1207, keeping us in second place. ARDC have stormed ahead to 1347 points.

Round 4 returns to Sydney Motorsport Park on Sunday 10 July, this time on the Brabham Circuit. We hope for a good number of entries by our drivers to represent the MX-5 Club of NSW and claw back some of ARDC's lead.

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